Vodafone, Google deepen AI ties across Europe, Africa
Britain's Vodafone said on Tuesday it has deepened its strategic partnership with Alphabet's Google in a ten-year, billion dollar plus deal that will bring the U.S. tech giant's new generative AI-powered devices to customers across Europe and Africa.
Vodafone has expanded its partnership with Google in a ten-year deal worth over $1 billion to bring AI-powered Pixel devices to customers in Europe and Africa, leveraging 5G and Google Cloud services.
Vodafone said it would expand access to Google's artificial intelligence-powered Pixel devices with its 5G network in Europe and would continue promoting the Android ecosystem.
Vodafone will also use Google Cloud's enterprise-ready AI platform as part of the expanded partnership.
Google is in an AI race with companies such as OpenAI, which is backed by the likes of Microsoft and NVIDIA.
Source: www.channelnewsasia.com
